| Florida turns into tossup after financial meltdown (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn't close in on John McCain's comfortable lead. The Republican didn't flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave George W. Bush the White House.
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| Restoring Great Lakes becomes a campaign issue (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:17 AM CDT  AP - The Great Lakes are ailing, scientists warn, on the verge of ecological ruin from big-city sewage and invasive species. Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama promise to support restoration and cleanup, yet the nation's financial crisis calls into question how those efforts will be funded.
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| McCain, Obama trade jokes, not jabs at NYC dinner (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:05 PM CDT  AP - John McCain and Barack Obama swapped self-deprecating jokes instead of campaign jabs Thursday night, the Republican saying he had replaced his team of senior advisers with "Joe the Plumber" while the Democrat claimed his own "greatest strength would be my humility."
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| Obama extends his campaign into Republican states (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:28 PM CDT  AP - Democrat Barack Obama extended his front-running campaign into West Virginia, a bastion of white, middle-class voters who rejected his primary season appeals, and confidently broached the subject of victory in a presidential contest playing out on Republican turf.
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| Remainders: Plumbing the depths (Politico) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:36 PM CDT Politico - Democrats spent $53 million on their convention. |
| Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:41 PM CDT  AP - The FBI is investigating whether the community activist group ACORN helped foster voter registration fraud around the nation before the presidential election. A senior law enforcement official confirmed the investigation to The Associated Press on Thursday.
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| Lobbyist speaks out, denies affair with McCain (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 08:08 PM CDT  AP - A female telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have a sexual relationship with Senator McCain," Vicky Iseman told the National Journal magazine.
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| Troopergate investigator to get documents (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 09:18 PM CDT  AP - A legislative panel agreed Thursday to share confidential personnel records with the lawyer who is leading a second abuse-of-power investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner.
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| Biden: McCain 'more angry' (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:18 PM CDT  AP - John McCain, angry man?
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| Joel, Springsteen team up to aid Obama campaign (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:55 PM CDT  AP - It was "Born to Run" meets "New York State of Mind" with a little bit of "Hail to the Chief" thrown in for good measure.
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| Obama keeps five-point lead on McCain (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 04:32 AM CDT  Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama holds a five-point lead over Republican John McCain, with little immediate indication their final public debate did much to sway the presidential race, a Reuters/C-SPAN/ZOGBY poll showed on Friday.
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| Chicago Says There Is Too Much Ado About Bill Ayers (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:50 AM CDT  Time.com - While the McCain campaign goes after Obama's "terrorist" ties, the Windy City bewails the scrutiny inflicted on a radical turned educator
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| McCain plugs 'Joe the Plumber' in new comeback bid (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT  AFP - Republican White House candidate John McCain has pinned his hopes for a late comeback on "Joe the Plumber," the unlikely blue-collar hero of his final presidential debate with Barack Obama.
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| Sen. Ted Stevens due back on witness stand Friday (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:51 AM CDT  AP - Sen. Ted Stevens is set to return to the witness stand to try to convince a federal court jury that he was largely in the dark about a major renovation project at his Alaska home that is at the heart of a corruption case that threatens his reputation and chances for re-election.
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| The Al Smith dinner: Senators got jokes (The Yahoo! Newsroom) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:24 AM CDT  The Yahoo! Newsroom - Both Barack Obama and John McCain did their best attempt at stand-up comedy at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York City Thursday night.
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| Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:01 AM CDT  AP - Legislative Council to share confidential material with lawyer of second Palin investigation ... After being savaged because of canceled appearance, McCain faces Letterman on `Late Show' ... Piano Man and The Boss and some friends team up to raise money for Obama ...
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| Jokes all around as McCain, Obama join charity roast (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2008 01:17 AM CDT  AFP - The pitched battle for the White House briefly made way for good humor and a good cause as Barack Obama and John McCain traded jibes at a black-tie charity dinner in New York.
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| McCain tries to make peace with Letterman (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:50 PM CDT  AP - John McCain told David Letterman that "I screwed up" by canceling a "Late Show" appearance three weeks ago, then faced a sharp round of questioning about Sarah Palin and his campaign tactics.
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| Fact Check: GOP vitriol rages over community group (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:40 PM CDT  AP - Republican John McCain took his criticism of community activist group ACORN to new heights, claiming in the final presidential debate that the organization "is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy."
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| Is 'Joe the Plumber' a plumber? That's debatable (AP) Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:36 PM CDT  AP - Joe the Plumber's story sprang a few leaks Thursday. Turns out that the man who was held up by John McCain as the typical, hard-working American taxpayer isn't really a licensed plumber. And court documents show he owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes.
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